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Nigeria Research Situation Analysis
on Orphans and Other Vulnerable Children
Country Brief
Boston University
Center for Global Health and Development
in collaboration with
Initiative for Integrated Community Welfare in Nigeria
August 2009
The USAID | Project SEARCH, Orphans and Vulnerable Children Comprehensive Action Research (OVC-CARE) Task
Order, is funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development under Contract No. GHH-I-00-07-00023-00,
beginning August 1, 2008. OVC-CARE Task Order is implemented by Boston University. The opinions expressed
herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the funding agency. This document is
available to the public and can be shared among partners and donors.Research Situation Analysis
Nigeria Country Brief
Program Relevant Research Priority Areas Recommended Supportive Actions for OVC Research
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• OVC survey to accurately determine the magnitude and • Develop National OVC Research Agenda with
characterization of OVC population in terms of total number implementation strategy, backed by resources
of OVC by province and district, and categories of OVC by sex, • Commission National Longitudinal Cohort to evaluate
age, and needs. over time the effectiveness and impact of interventions
• Evaluation of the effectiveness and impact of various OVC on OVC.
interventions and models of care. • Provide Funding Mechanism for OVC Research by setting
• Determination of cost and cost-effectiveness of OVC up an OVC Research Fund or allocating at least 10% of
interventions OVC budgets to research.
• Shelter and Care: Challenges of transitioning from • Set up a Central OVC Database to capture among other
institutional to family centered care. essential data, information on all OVC service
• Food & Nutrition: Costs & benefits of various interventions organizations by geographical and service coverage, and
• Health: Rural and under-5 access to health services numbers of OVC by gender, age, and geographic area.
• Education: Causes of school absenteeism, completion rates • Implement a Research Capacity Building Program for
• Psychosocial Support: Community knowledge, attitudes, researchers interested in program-relevant OVC
perceptions, responses to psychosocial support interventions research, so as to facilitate the conduct of quality
• Child Protection: Challenges in implementing the Child Rights research and production of reliable evidence to improve
Act OVC programming.
• Economic Strengthening: Strategies for mobilizing community
Overview
resources for HH economic strengthening
Addressing the needs of orphans and vulnerable children (OVC)
Key Findings and mitigating negative outcomes of the growing OVC
population worldwide is a high priority for national
governments and international stakeholders across the globe
Magnitude of OVC
who recognize this as an issue with social, economic, and
No. of OVC: 17.5 million (FMWA&SD, 2008)
human rights dimensions. Assembling the relevant available
No. of Children living with HIV: 220,000 (UNAIDS, 2008)
rd data on OVC in one place, and acknowledging the gaps that still
No. of Orphans: 9.7 million (UNICEF, 2008), 3 highest in the exist in our knowledge, will assist policy makers and program
world implementers to make evidence-based decisions about how
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No. of Orphans due to HIV/AIDS: 2.4 million (FMOH, 2008) best to direct funding and program activities and maximize
positive outcomes for children and their caretakers.
• Relevant Legislation: Child Rights Act
• Relevant Policies: National Policy on HIV & AIDS for Education This Research Situation Analysis on OVC presents a program-
Sector in Nigeria, 2005. focused summary of available information on:
• Strategic Framework and Guiding documents: • Current policies, programs and interventions designed and
National Plan of Action for OVC implemented to assist them
Guidelines and Standards of Practice for OVC • Gaps in these policies, programs and interventions
National OVC M&E Framework • OVC research conducted between 2004-2008
• Significant USG support. • Gaps in the Nigerian OVC evidence base.
94,200 reached FY08
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• Percentage of Organizations providing OVC services in: The Brief analyzes the available data for critical gaps in the
Educational Support – 79% national response and our understanding about whether
current interventions are fulfilling the needs and improving the
Food and Nutrition – 89%
lives of vulnerable children. The report then recommends
Shelter and Care – 73%
actions required to increase the knowledge base for improving
Psychosocial Support – 90%
the effectiveness and impact of OVC programs.
Child Protection – 71%
Health Care – 91%
• Challenges to OVC Research:
Boston University
Inadequate Funding Center for Global Health and Development
Inadequate Research Capacity in collaboration with
Negative Attitudes towards Research Initiative for Integrated Community Welfare in Nigeria
Funded by USAID
Limited Research Dissemination
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The 2008 Situation Analysis estimates are based on a sample of children 6-17 years
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UNAIDS quotes 1.2 million; the 2008 Situation Analysis estimates 2.39 million.
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From sampled Organizations; hence may not necessarily reflect the country situation
OVC-CARE Project, Boston University Center for Global Health and Development 1Research Situation Analysis
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Method child includes: children in need of alternative family care;
children who are abused or neglected; children in hard-to-
reach areas; children with disability related vulnerability;
A Research Situation Analysis for Nigeria was conducted
children affected by armed conflict; and children in need
between March and May 2009. It involved both an
of legal protection (FMWA&SD 2007). The FMWA&SD
extensive literature review and primary data collection.
also gives a list of children perceived to be ‘extremely
The latter involved administration of a survey
vulnerable’ in communities (Figure 1), derived from
questionnaire, focus group discussions, and key informant
consultations with stakeholders:
interviews. Organizations were selected for inclusion
through a stratified sampling method in 4 of Nigeria’s 6 Figure 1: Categories of vulnerable children as perceived by
national zones. The organizations chosen as study sites communities, National Plan of Action 2006 - 2010
were selected to give a degree of national representation - Children with physical and mental disabilities
as much as was feasible; these are: - Sexually abused children
• Federal Capital Territory (Abuja), - Neglected children
- Children in conflict with the law
• Central Zone: Benue State (Makurdi)
- Exploited “Almajiri”
• South-south: Cross River State (Ugep/Calabar) - Child beggars, destitute children and scavengers
• South-west: Oyo State (Ibadan) - Children from broken homes
• North-west: Kano State (Kano) and - Child sex workers
• Megacity/Cosmopolitan: Lagos State (Lagos) - Children whose parents have disability
- Children who marry before the age of 18
- Children who have dropped out of school
Overall, we conducted 41 in-depth interviews with OVC - Abandoned children
program implementers representing 70 organizations, and - Children living with terminally or chronically ill parent(s) and
6 focus group discussions with 52 OVC program staff. caregiver(s)
Among the Key Informants were representatives from - Child laborers
USAID Mission in Nigeria, Federal Ministry of Women - Children in child-headed homes
Affairs and Social Development (FMWA&SD), Network of - Internally displaced children
- Children hawkers
HIV Research in Nigeria (NARN), UNICEF, and the - Trafficked children
Association of OVC NGOs in Nigeria. An OVC Research - Children of migrant workers such as fishermen, nomads
Situation Analysis Stakeholders meeting was held in June - Children living with HIV
2009 at the ENHANSE Office in Abuja to discuss priority - Children living with aged/frail grandparents
topics. A detailed country report was then compiled, from
which this brief was prepared. According to the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS
Relief (PEPFAR) an OVC is “a child, 0-17 years old, who is
Findings either orphaned or made more vulnerable because of
HIV/AIDS.” PEPFAR recognizes that a vulnerable child is
Definition of OVC one who is living in circumstances with high risks and
whose prospects for continued growth and development
Nigeria defines an orphan as a child (0-17 years) who has are seriously impaired, and the term OVC may refer to all
lost one or both parents. A child is vulnerable if, because vulnerable children, regardless of the cause. According to
of the circumstances of birth or immediate environment, is PEPFAR, a child is more vulnerable because of any or all of
prone to abuse or deprivation of basic needs, care and the following factors that result from HIV/AIDS: Is HIV-
protection and thus disadvantaged relative to his or her positive; lives without adequate adult support; lives
peers (FMWA&SD 2008). A vulnerable child is one (that): outside of family care; or is marginalized, stigmatized, or
with inadequate access to education, health and other discriminated against.
social support, has a chronically ill parent, lives in a
household with terminally or chronically ill parent(s) or OVC in Nigeria: Magnitude of the Problem
caregiver(s), lives outside of family care (lives with
extended family, in institution, or on street), is infected Nigeria is facing an orphaning and child vulnerability crisis
with HIV (FMWA&SD 2006). The list of categories of OVC is of potentially catastrophic proportions. HIV prevalence in
long and varied; in addition to the above, a vulnerable Nigeria is relatively low at 3.1%; however, because of its
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large population (140 million) the number of adults and • National Plan of Action (NPA, 2006-2010) for OVC
children living with HIV is one of the highest in the world, • Guidelines and Standards of Practice for OVC; defining a
at 2,800,000. Official figures estimate that there are 17.5 minimum package of services for OVC
million OVC, including 7.3 million orphans; although • National OVC M&E Framework
practitioners in the field believe these figures could be • OVC eligibility criteria
underestimating the size and scope of the problem • OVC advocacy package
(Nigeria OVC Situation Analysis 2008). The • Psychosocial training manual
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UNICEF/Childinfo data base estimates the number of • OVC Unit in FMWA&SD
orphans to be 9.7 million. • National Steering Committee on OVC
• OVC Stakeholders’ Forum
According to the 2008 Situation Analysis:
• There are 17.5 million OVC, including 7.3 million Program Characteristics and Service Gaps
orphans.
• 2.39 million orphans are due to AIDS (FMOH, 2008) Who is providing the services?
• 10.7% of the 69 million children are vulnerable (UNICEF, In response to the OVC challenge, apart from the
2007) government at various levels, a number of organizations
• 10% of children are orphaned (7% in North-west to 17% are involved in OVC work in Nigeria. They include
in South-East), 10% in rural, 11% in urban international NGOs, mainly USG and Global Fund
• Benue state has the highest prevalence of orphans implementing partners, local NGOs, FBOs, and CBOs. With
(25%), followed by Akwa Ibon (approx 22%); while Niger the exception of the MTN Foundation, the role of the
has the lowest (2.7%). private sector is very small. Some of the main international
• 24.5% of children interviewed in households are OVC NGOs involved in OVC work include the Columbia
(26% in rural, 21% in urban) University International Center for AIDS Care and
• Benue state has the highest prevalence of OVC aged 6- Treatment Programs (CU-ICAP), Catholic Relief Services
17yrs (49%), followed by Imo (45%), and Rivers (41%); (CRS), Center for Development and Population Activities
with Kwara having the lowest (9%) (CEDPA), and Winrock International/AIM.
According to the National Plan of Action for OVC: Although data on the contribution of various cooperating
• 39% of children 5-14 are engaged in child labour partners is limited, the USG support to OVC policy,
• Up to 40% of children may have been trafficked Strategy, and programming in Nigeria is clearly significant.
• Approximately 40% of children do not attend primary Among the major USG contributions include the support to
school FMWA&SD in the development of the National Plan of
• Quoting a 2002 World Bank report, the causes of Action on OVC, National Guidelines and Standards of
orphaning and child vulnerability are accidental deaths Practice on OVC, and the 2008 Situation Assessment and
(42%), conflict (22%), death during child birth (17%), Analysis on OVC.
HIV/AIDS (11%).
Through the USG PEPFAR implementing partners, and in
National Response collaboration with the Nigerian government and other
partners, FY2008, 94,200 OVCs were served by an OVC
The national response, currently coordinated by the program (PEPFAR, FY2008 Country Profile: Nigeria).
Federal Ministry of Women Affairs and Social
Development (FMWA&SD), was kicked off by the Rapid Currently there is no comprehensive list of OVC
Assessment, Analysis and Action Planning Process organizations in the country; but there are on-going efforts
(RAAAPP) and the National OVC Conference in 2004. Since at organizing state chapters of OVC service organizations
then Nigeria has put in place the following policies, under the umbrella of the Association of OVC NGOs
strategies, structures and systems to respond to the (AONN). Different directories of OVC organizations exist
challenges posed by the large numbers of OVC: with various stakeholders, including the Ministry of
Women Affairs and Social Development at the central and
state levels. Figure 2 shows that the majority of the 70
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http://www.childinfo.org/hiv_aids_orphanestimates.php
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local Nigerian organizations working with OVC surveyed in Figure 3: Proportion of Surveyed OVC Organizations Providing Each
this study are NGO; cognizant of the fact that the Service
purposefully selected sample may not truly represent the
national picture. 100%
88.60% 91% 90.00%
90%
proportion of organizations
78.90%
80% 72.90% 71.40%
Figure 2: Types of National OVC Organizations Sampled for
offering the service
70% 62.90%
Participation in the Study 60%
50%
11 1 40%
NGOs, including
FBOs 30%
9 Governmental 20%
9 Community-based
10%
0%
Organization
Umbrella
Organization
77 Private not for service domains
profit Organization
Others
Among twelve international implementing agencies
identified through this study, most provide healthcare,
What are the services provided and where are the gaps? education and/or economic support, whereas only one
partner is focusing on shelter, and only three on food and
There are five models of care in Nigeria: community-based nutrition. In general, there are disparities in urban versus
care, informal foster care, institutional care, home-based rural coverage of services, with more services in urban
care, and mobile care services. Community-based care is areas, despite more OVC in rural areas; while some areas
the most dominant model and the one promoted by the with much higher prevalence of OVC are less covered than
national policy. The OVC programs implemented by those with lower OVC prevalence. For example, the states
national organizations and international implementing with the highest prevalence of OVC are Benue (49%), Imo
partners align with the areas of care stipulated by the (45%), Rivers (41%), and Ebony (40%), but while there are
National Guidelines and Standards of Practice as defined a fair number of organizations working in Benue (4), only
by the 2007 national needs assessment. These outline the one (1) organization is working in Imo. It was also
minimum package of services and rights that each child observed that most of the current interventions cover OVC
should receive: 1) food and nutrition; 2) education; 3) aged 6-17 years, leaving out children under five years old.
psychosocial support; 4) healthcare; 5) shelter; 6) child While it is clear that the age group for OVC is from zero to
protection; 7) clothing; and 8) household economic seventeen years, there is a definite need for programs to
assistance. This is consistent with PEPFAR’s care package. cover vulnerable youths as they transition into adulthood
(18 years). We found no specific programs covering this
Among the local organizations visited, most provide age-group, and yet this is the age-group most in need of
health care and psychosocial support (90% & 91%), more assistance in higher education and skills training;
followed by food and nutrition; shelter was the least which are more expensive and hence less affordable. The
served (63%) (Figure 3). gap may not necessarily be filled through current OVC
programs, but the government and its partners will need
Great strides have certainly been made to deal with the to explore ways of meeting this need.
OVC situation. However, the response by both domestic
and international organizations remains insufficient. One of the greatest challenges faced by OVC service
Although there is neither nationally aggregated data on organizations and the FMWA&SD is inadequate funding.
coverage of services, nor data on numbers of OVC most in While the purposefully sampled organizations may not
need of services, anecdotal evidence shows that the represent the national picture, the fact that 80% of the
current scale of services is far from reaching a significant organizations indicated inadequate financing as the main
number of the millions of OVC in need. Not only is the constraint and that close to half of the organizations are
response inadequate in scale but also in scope, including funded by international donors, signifies the need to
programming gaps in specific service domains, seriously explore long term sustainable financing for OVC
geographical coverage, and age-groups. programming.
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Research on OVC Figure 4: Studies on OVC by Service Domain
90 86
No single organization in Nigeria has OVC research as its 80
sole mandate. However, research on different aspects of 70
OVC had been conducted by implementing partners, the 60
% of studies
Federal Ministry of Women Affairs and Social 50
Development (FMWA&SD), Nigerian universities and 40
research institutes, National Association of AIDS Research 30
in Nigeria (NARN) and independent researchers. A few 18
20
implementing partners have conducted situation analyses 7 7 7
10 4
0 0
and assessments to serve as baseline and as 0
monitoring/evaluation tools for their programs. These
include CRS, Christian Aid, Save the Children UK, service domains
COMPASS, and MSH.
A literature search for OVC studies conducted between What Information Is Missing and Most Needed?
2004 and 2008 yielded 28 research publications, including
peer-reviewed articles, published abstracts and program While some valuable research has been conducted on OVC
evaluations (Annex-1). Some of the studies were designed in Nigeria, overall there is very limited rigorous research
specifically to inform programmatic responses (FMWA, evidence and data on OVC and interventions to inform
CRS and Christian Aid Situation Analysis and Survey). policies and programs. With an estimated 17 million OVC
facing a wide spectrum of challenges, this lack of
A critical analysis of the research done so far shows that it information is hindering policy makers and program
is very limited in both scope and design. The vast majority leaders from making well-informed decisions about the
(67%) of studies were situation analyses or needs path forward. However, with limited resources available to
assessments; there have been very few longitudinal cohort divide between programming and research, a reasonable
studies, following children over time to measure various balance should be found to answer key questions without
aspects of their well being, and no studies on the sacrificing support for critical services.
effectiveness and impact of various OVC interventions. Of
the 28 publications 14 covered general (cross-cutting) In the short term, the greatest impact of research will
topics, with few studies under each of the OVC service come from filling the most fundamental gaps in
domains and no studies on education or shelter (Figure 4). information: How big is the problem and who does it
affect? Are current programs working, and if not, what
will? What will it cost to have a positive impact? These
“building blocks” will be useful both independently and in
combination to make evidence-based decisions for the
allocation of human and financial resources. These top
priority areas are described in Table 1 below.
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Table 1: Short Term Research Priorities
Priority Research Area Key Research Question(s) Program Utility of the Research
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1. Magnitude and • What is the total number of OVC in Knowledge of numbers of OVC in households, on the street, in
Characterization Nigeria, by state and by district? orphanages, in children’s villages or group homes will help the
of the OVC • What are the subpopulation groups of country more effectively plan for and monitor alternative care
OVC, their numbers, sex, age, and needs? services for OVC.
Population
(under 6 population size unknown)
• What proportion of OVC is under various
living arrangements (e.g. households,
institutions, etc)
2. Effectiveness of • What is the coverage of OVC interventions Knowledge of what proportion of OVC in need is covered with the
OVC Care & and do they reach the right targets? minimum package of OVC services at a point in time is a useful
Support • Are OVC Care and Support Programs early indicator of program effectiveness, and would help policy
providing quality services and achieving makers and programmers plan how much more to scale up the
Programs
measurable impact? programs to have the desired impact. To estimate coverage, there
is need to have a good estimate of the target population; hence
the need to identify total numbers of OVC and those most in need.
For more concrete measures of effectiveness, programs can
measure achievement against clearly defined desired outcomes.
Common outcomes across a range of interventions facilitate the
comparison of their utility and determination of the cost-
effectiveness of the various interventions.
3. Cost and Cost- • What are the fixed and variable costs of Stakeholders wish to make the best use of limited funds available
Effectiveness of different models of OVC care? for OVC programs. A clear understanding of the fixed and variable
OVC Care & • Which models are most cost-effective for costs of programs provides information related to costs for scaling
achieving desired outcomes? up effective programs.
Support
Programs
Combining costs with impact measures (above) assists funders in
the allocation of resources towards the greatest benefit.
With the “building blocks” above in place or at least under way, more complex questions can be posed in the medium term for even
greater program benefit. These include more qualitative questions to understand the “why” behind the OVC situation, so that
underlying causes of this social epidemic can be addressed in addition to mitigating the consequences. Other questions will help to
tailor specific types of interventions to best address different needs of OVC. Table 2 presents some priority areas for the next steps
in filling the evidence base gaps, grouped by service domain, as identified by OVC stakeholders in Nigeria.
Table 2: Medium Term Research Priorities, by OVC Domains
Priority Research Area Key Research Question(s) Program Utility of Research
1. Child • What are the reasons for the failure Policy and legislative changes have the potential to have the greatest impact
Protection of some states to adopt the Child on OVC because of their breadth of coverage. Where a particular piece of
Rights Act of 2003? legislation or policy has been inadequately applied or implemented, such as
is the case with the Child Rights Act, data on reasons why that is the case will
help policy makers find strategies and interventions to remedy the situation.
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Current figures are estimates and not fully agreed upon by stakeholders as accurate
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Priority Research Area Key Research Question(s) Program Utility of Research
2. Shelter • What are the processes and Nigeria recommends family centered/community-based care of the OVC in
challenges involved in the transition preference to institutional care. Identification of issues that need to be dealt
of OVC from institutional care to with and challenges that should be overcome in the transition from
family centered/community-based institutional to family centered models will assist programmers come up
care? with appropriate strategies in the design and implementation of the
household approach. Data on numbers and characteristics of care givers and
their capacities, proportion of needy families currently being supported,
numbers of OVC under various care placements, current coping strategies at
household level, will all go a long way in the planning process for scale up of
family centered care through the household approach.
3. Food and • What is the cost and benefits of the There are a number of interventions currently being implemented to ensure
Nutrition different OVC Food and Nutrition good nutrition for OVC and food security for the households. There is no
interventions in Nigeria? data on the costs, benefits and long-term impact of such interventions on
OVC wellbeing, households and the community. Such data will help
programmers make in-formed decisions on which of the food and nutrition
interventions give the best value for money in terms of improvements in
outcome measures of food security and nutritional status.
4. Health • What are the factors leading to There is some evidence that rural OVC have less access to all forms of care,
inadequate access of OVC to health including health, compared to those in urban areas. Data on factors leading
services in rural areas? What can be to the inequities will help policy makers design strategies to address them
done to address the situation? more effectively.
• What needs to be done to ensure
increased access to health services by Under-five OVC are missing in the picture of OVC in all domains of care;
OVC under-five years? including health care. Data on why this is the case will help programmers
more adequately address this gap.
5. Education & • What are the causes and patterns of Studies that assess the causes of these challenges and possible effective
Training school absenteeism and low school interventions will help government and its partners address these challenges
retention among OVC, and how can more effectively.
this be addressed?
6. Psychosocial • What do communities understand by Data on community understanding of psychosocial support and the need for
Support psychosocial support (PSS) and how it will help programmers in the design of effective messages to increase
do they respond to PSS? demand for this service.
7. Economic • What are the appropriate strategies Increasing household income has the potential to increase the capacity of
Strengthening for identifying and mobilizing the household to care for OVC. OVC service staff would need data on the
community resources for economic most effective, appropriate, and sustainable strategies to do this. An
strengthening of vulnerable evaluation of the effectiveness of the current economic strengthening
households? strategies would be the starting point.
8. Other cross- • How do stigma and discrimination Stigma and discrimination may play a significant role in reducing access to
cutting issues against OVC within the household/ care. Understanding the dynamics of stigma and discrimination in the
community affect access to and households/communities would help policy makers and OVC program staff
utilization of care interventions by design effective strategies to reduce stigma and increase OVC access to key
OVC? services.
• What are the best resource allocation
and monitoring mechanisms that will Grassroots OVC practitioners complain of lack of resources for grassroots
ensure that resources reach the work, despite the huge resources deployed by the Development Partners
grassroots to strengthen the local and governments. Studies on options for resource allocation and monitoring
NGOs and other stakeholders for will help find the best mechanism to ensure that allocated resources reach
direct care of the OVC? the intended targets (OVC).
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Recommended Supportive Actions for OVC Research
In addition to prioritizing research questions to be answered in Nigeria, stakeholders can play a crucial role in creating a policy and
funding environment for program-relevant research to thrive. Several key recommended actions are listed below:
• Convene a National Research Dissemination Conference to disseminate the findings of the full report to a wider audience and draft a
clear and comprehensive national research agenda with a clear proposed implementation strategy to be presented to the appropriate
arms of government for approval and further action.
• Consider setting up longitudinal cohort(s) of OVC to pose different research questions over time, including those related to the
effectiveness, cost-effectiveness, and impact of the various OVC interventions in place. Following children and families being
supported by various services, over an extended period of time, is the most reliable way to understand whether the services being
provided are making a difference on the lives of the children, both in the short term and longer term.
• Implement a research capacity building program for researchers interested in program-relevant OVC research, so as to facilitate the
conduct of quality research and production of reliable evidence to improve OVC programming.
• Engage national and international stakeholders to support program-relevant research. USAID, for example, has Basic Program
Evaluation (BPE) and Public Health Evaluation (PHE) mechanisms to support research as well as programming.
• Provide a Funding Mechanism for OVC Research by setting up an OVC Research Fund or allocating at least 10% of OVC budgets to
research.
• Improve the current system to monitor and evaluate all OVC programming. Incorporate shared, well defined indicators across
programs for ease of comparison.
• Set up a Central OVC Database to capture, among other essential data, information on all service organizations by geographic and
service coverage, numbers of OVC by gender, age, and geographic area.
For additional information contact
Dr. Malcolm Bryant
OVC-CARE Deputy Project Director
bryantm@bu.edu
Boston University School of Public Health
Center for Global Health & Development
801 Massachusetts Avenue, 3rd floor
Boston, MA 02118
Tel 617.414.1260 -- Fax 617.414.1261
http://www.bu.edu/cghd/
This report was written by:
Godfrey Biemba1, Ebunlomo Walker2, Jonathon Simon1, Jill Costello1, Jen Beard1, and Bram Brooks1
1
Boston University, Center for Global Health and Development
2
Initiative for Integrated Community Welfare in Nigeria
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Annex 1- Research undertaken on OVCs between 2004 and 2008 in Nigeria
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